stature Copy link Outline 1. stătūra2. stătus, ūs, m. (rare) • stature: 1. stătūra: I should like you to tell me of what s. he was, velim mihi dicas qua s. fuerit, Cic. Phil. 2, 15, 21: a moderate s., commoda s., Pl. Asin. 2, 3, 41: he was above the ordinary s., fuit s. quae justam excederet, Suet. Tib. 68: men of such small s., homines tantulae s., Caes. B. G. 2, 30. 2. stătus, ūs, m. (rare): in male poultry a greater s. is wanted, in gallinaceis maribus s. altior quaeritur, Col. 8, 2, 9. Phr.: lofty s., prōcērĭtas, tātis, f.: Cic. Coel. 15, 36: small s., brĕvĭtas, tātis, f.: Caes. B. G. 2, 30.